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Can be distinguished from its congeners
by the following combination of characters: 21-31 premaxillary
and mandibular teeth, typically 24-25; dorsal profile of snout
broad and moderately parabolic, not acutely pointed; head width
75-98% of head length, 18-22% of SL median group of abdominal
plates irregularly arranged; pigment on pectoral-fin spine arranged
in 5 blotches; two blotches on the unbranched anal ray, single
band on the branched anal rays. Aquarium Care:
This is a dwarf species which can be problematic to keep as it
will need to be kept by their own or at least with other dwarf
species as they will find it difficult to compete for food in
the hurly burly of a community tank. Diet: Artemia
naupli and vegetable matter.

Common Name:

Aligator otocinclus

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Loricariidae

Distribution:

South America: Orinoco
River basin and Atlantic coastal drainages of the Guianas. Type
locality: Left tributary of Coppename River, Surinam,
3º51'N, 56º55'W.